US EditionBondi Declines to Comment on Conversations with Trump About National Guard Deployments
- Attorney General Pam Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the legality of deploying the National Guard to Chicago in response to escalating violence.
- Bondi defended President Donald Trump's decision to deploy troops, claiming they are meant to protect the residents of Chicago and stating, 'If you're not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.'
- Senator Dick Durbin questioned Bondi's rationale for the deployment during the hearing, arguing that Trump plans to use American soldiers to punish his political enemies.
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have filed a lawsuit to block Trump's troop deployment, citing concerns over its political motives.
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Bondi pressed on National Guard deployment to Chicago
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed over the Trump administration sending National Guard troops into Illinois. Bondi refused to answer Durbin’s questions about the legal rationale.
Bondi clashes with Durbin on National Guard deployment: 'Love Chicago as much as you hate President Trump'
Senator Dick Durbin questioned Attorney General Pam Bondi about the rationale behind deploying Texas National Guard units to Illinois during a Senate hearing.
Bondi declines to comment on conversations with Trump about National Guard deployments
Attorney General Pam Bondi declined on Tuesday to answer a question about whether she’s had any discussions with President Trump about the legal justification for deploying National Guard troops from California and Texas to Portland, Oregon, and Chicago, despite the objections of Democratic governors. “I am not going to discuss any internal conversations with the White House,” Bondi said when Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), in response to a question fr…
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